Inflation goes below 4 percent
Consumer prices were 3.8% higher on average in November 2025 than a year earlier. Compared to October, prices were 0.1% higher on average.
Total value of output of agriculture grows by 6.2%
The value of the output of the agricultural sector was above 4.4 thousand billion forints in 2025, which was 6.2% more than a year earlier. The contributors to the growth were a 10% rise in the total producer price level and a 2.5% increase ...
Industrial production shows signs of life
The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 2.7% in October 2025. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 0.5% higher than in September 2025.
Retail sales up 3.1%
In October 2025, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 3.1% higher than in the same month of the previous year.
Construction turns positive and consumer spending holds firm – enough to offset industry’s weakness
The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product was 0.6% higher according to both raw data and seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 3rd quarter of 2025 than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Compared to the previous quarter, the ...
Trade balance deteriorates in goods, improves in services
The surplus of the external trade in goods was EUR 713 million in October. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the volume of export lessened by 3.1%, that of import grew by 1.1%. The surplus of the external trade in services ...
No slowdown for tourism industry
In October 2025, nearly 1.7 million guests spent 3.8 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. Tourist arrivals were up by 11% and tourism nights by 10% in number compared to a year earlier, to which the long weekend associated ...
Industrial producer prices up slightly
Industrial producer prices were 1.8% higher on average in October 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices rose by 0.9% and non-domestic ones by 2.2% compared to October in the previous year. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices lessened by 0.1% ...
Unemployment rate at 4.4 percent
In October 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4 million 674 thousand. The number of unemployed persons was 217 thousand and the unemployment rate was 4.4%.
Investment performance drops by 3.8%
The volume of investments was 3.8% lower according to raw data in the 3rd quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared with the previous quarter, based on seasonally adjusted data, the value of investments lessened by 0.3% at ...
